A virtual water network of the Roman world

Dermody, B. J.; van Beek, R. P. H.; Meeks, E.; Klein Goldewijk, K.; Scheidel, W.; van der Velde, Y.; Bierkens, M. F. P.; Wassen, M. J.; Dekker, S. C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5025-2014

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11 Dec 2014

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| 11 Dec 2014

A virtual water network of the Roman world

B. J. Dermody, R. P. H. van Beek, E. Meeks, K. Klein Goldewijk, W. Scheidel, Y. van der Velde, M. F. P. Bierkens, M. J. Wassen, and S. C. Dekker

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RC C2042: 'Comment on “A virtual water network of the Roman world” by Dermody et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jun 2014
- AC C4784: 'Response to reviewer 1', Brian Dermody, 31 Oct 2014
RC C2469: 'Review of Dermody et al. “A virtual water network of the Roman world.”', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jul 2014
- AC C4785: 'Response to reviewer 2', Brian Dermody, 31 Oct 2014
EC C4996: 'Please submit the revised manuscript', Junguo Liu, 10 Nov 2014
- AC C5048: 'revised manuscript', Brian Dermody, 13 Nov 2014
- AC C5049: 'revised manuscript track changes', Brian Dermody, 13 Nov 2014

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ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2014) by Junguo Liu

AR by Brian Dermody on behalf of the Authors (25 Nov 2014) Manuscript

Short summary

Our virtual water network of the Roman World shows that virtual water trade and irrigation provided the Romans with resilience to interannual climate variability. Virtual water trade enabled the Romans to meet food demands from regions with a surplus. Irrigation provided stable water supplies for agriculture, particularly in large river catchments. However, virtual water trade also stimulated urbanization and population growth, which eroded Roman resilience to climate variability over time.